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Old September 13th 10, 05:37 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Ken Blake, MVP
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Default Rebuilding a system using boxed retail bought W7 install disk

On Mon, 13 Sep 2010 17:11:39 +1000, Erik Vastmasd
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I caught a glimpse of phil hodge on Sun, 12
Sep 2010 15:55:25 GMT, writing in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics:

Hi - I upgraded my computer last November with a clean install of Windows 7 - I bought the install disk, boxed, from a well known PC shop. However, the hardware is struggling to run W7 suitably fast, (I did check compatibility with the MS tool) so I'm now thinking of replacing the motherbord, processor, ram and hard drive, possibly a new graphics card too, all in one go.

Given that I bought the W7 disk new, as a retail item, does this mean that I can do a fresh re-install of this W7 disk on this machine, which will to all intents, be a "new" machine apart from the case, DVD drive and maybe the PSU? Will I need to use the manual activation and call for a new activation code? Would I be granted one?


I would suggest you buy a new computer capable of running Win 7 and a
new Windows install disk.

IF the above is ok, the next question is about Dual Booting. I have retail clean install disk of XP from another PC I built which is no longer in use. I'd like to make my new PC a dual boot machine, so I would need to install XP first. Would I have to go through a manual activation process with XP first, as well?


Microsoft probably won't allow you you to reinstall Win XP or Win 7 on a
new machine.



That's true *only* for OEM copies of Windows. Retail copies can be
moved from machine to machine as often as needed or desired.


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Old September 13th 10, 08:29 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Don Phillipson[_4_]
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Default Rebuilding a system using boxed retail bought W7 install disk

"Erik Vastmasd" wrote in message
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I caught a glimpse of phil hodge on Sun, 12
. . . . I have retail clean install disk of XP from another PC I built
which is no longer in use. I'd like to
make my new PC a dual boot machine, so I would need to install XP first.
Would I have to go
through a manual activation process with XP first, as well?


Microsoft probably won't allow you you to reinstall Win XP or Win 7 on a
new machine.


The MS activation process now appears automatic. I have seen a hard drive
with OEM WinXP
installed into a rebuilt PC (different in 7 or 8 of 10 points recorded in
WPA.DBL). It booted
apparently OK, with a notice (bottom right) that the OS required MS
activation -- done free and via
Internet in a minute or two.
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Old September 14th 10, 04:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics
Ken Blake, MVP
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Default Rebuilding a system using boxed retail bought W7 install disk

On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 12:47:18 +1000, Erik Vastmasd
wrote:

I caught a glimpse of "Ken Blake, MVP"
on Mon, 13 Sep 2010 09:37:41 -0700,
writing in microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics:



Microsoft probably won't allow you you to reinstall Win XP or Win 7 on a
new machine.



That's true *only* for OEM copies of Windows. Retail copies can be
moved from machine to machine as often as needed or desired.


I wasn't aware of that, thanks for the correction.



You're welcome. Glad to help.

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